frapper à la porte
\fʁa.pe a la pɔʁt\
The verdict
“frapper à la porte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taper avec la main sur une porte pour faire entendre aux personnes qui sont à l’intérieur que l’on est présent à l’entrée, sur le seuil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frapper-a-la-porte · frapper à la porte · French
frapper à la porte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frapper à la porte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁa.pe a la pɔʁt\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
frapper à la porte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fʁa.pe a la pɔʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frapper à la porte, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is frapper à la porte, spelled F-R-A-P-P-E-R- -À- -L-A- -P-O-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Taper avec la main sur une porte pour faire entendre aux personnes qui sont à l’intérieur que l’on est présent à l’entrée, sur le seuil.
- 2Être près d’arriver, de se passer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frapper à la porte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Titre] Sécheresse en Somalie : « la famine frappe à la porte », alerte un responsable des Nations unies
Synonyms
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